Passive voice

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<p>Passive Voice</p><p>1- Passe para a voz passiva.</p><p>a) Jerry ate the cheese.</p><p>b) Mary does the laundry on weekends.</p><p>c) Helen is walking the dog.</p><p>d) John has washed the car</p><p>e) Doug was cooking dinner.</p><p>f) Brad had visited this museum before.</p><p>g) Jean will make my birthday cake.</p><p>h) By next month, Bob will have finished the research.</p><p>i) The teacher could help the student.</p><p>j) Kim is preparing the cookies.</p><p>2- (Unesp) Indique a alternativa que expressa o mesmo significado de: When children watch TV, they encounter a wide range of places, people, and information.</p><p>a) When children watch TV, a wide range of places, people, and information will be encounter</p><p>b) When children watch TV, a wide range of places, people, and information are encountered.</p><p>c) When children watch TV, a wide range of places, people, and information is encountered.</p><p>d) When TV was watched, a wide range of places, people, and information are encountered by children.</p><p>e) A wide range of places, people, and information will be encountered when children watched TV.</p><p>3- (PUC- Rio) The passive voice is used in “Orkut was quietly launched on January 22, 2004”. Find the sentence that is also in the passive voice.</p><p>a) Communities have never rejected new members.</p><p>b) Good ideas took shape at the end of the session.</p><p>c) Some communities have been able to control their growth.</p><p>d) Several social groups could be connected by the Internet.</p><p>e) Young students are never tired of chatting with friends on email.</p><p>4- Complete the sentences in the passive voice using the correct verb form:</p><p>Active Voice Passive Voice</p><p>a) They can take the book. The book ________________by them.</p><p>b) You must obey the rules. The rules ________________by you.</p><p>c) My friends broke the window. The window ___________________.</p><p>d) We will give a lunch here. A lunch __________________here.</p><p>e) They was cleaning the room. The room ________________by them</p><p>5- Rewrite the sentences and make two possible passive voice:</p><p>a) He will give her a wedding ring.</p><p>b) I told them the truth.</p><p>c) He showed Nina his new books.</p><p>d) She offered Iwlah a job.</p><p>e) Ingrid has sent me a letter.</p><p>Gabarito</p><p>1)</p><p>a) The cheese was eaten by Jerry.</p><p>b) The laundry is done by Mary on weekends.</p><p>c) The dog is being walked by Helen.</p><p>d) The car has been washed by John.</p><p>e) Dinner was being cooked by Doug.</p><p>f) My birthday cake will be made by Jean.</p><p>g) By next month, the research will have been finished by Bob.</p><p>h) The student could be helped by the teacher.</p><p>i) The cookies are being prepared by Kim.</p><p>2- c</p><p>3-d</p><p>4-a) can be taked</p><p>b) must be obeyed</p><p>c) was broken</p><p>d) will be given</p><p>e) Was being cleaned</p><p>As respostas devem ser feitas de acordo com o padrão estrutural da voz passiva, ou seja,</p><p>Verbo to be + verbo no particípio: (ativa) can take = (passiva) can be taken</p><p>5-a) She will be given a wedding ring. / A wedding ring will be given to her.</p><p>b) They were told the truth. / The truth was told to them.</p><p>c) Nina was showed his new books. / His new books were shown to Nina.</p><p>d) Iwlah was offered a new job. / A new job was offered to Iwlah.</p><p>e) I was sent a letter. / A letter was sent to me.</p><p>Essas são as possíveis frases que podem ser feitas na voz passiva. Na passiva, o verbo“ to be” assume o tempo do verbo da voz ativa; logo, se na voz ativa o verbo possui dois objetos, qualquer um deles pode ser sujeito da passiva: I gave him a shirt → A shirt was givem to him → He was given a shirt (by me).</p>